Output options specify the device that FILEDATA writes a report to. You can
specify these output options in each FILEDATA task request. The following syntax diagram
shows the output options provided by FILEDATA:
Syntax
<output option>
──/1\─┬─ PRINTER ─────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────┤
├─ TTY ─────────────────────────┤
├─ SCREEN ──────────────────────┤
├─ SPO ─────────────────────────┤
└─ FILENAME ── = ──<file title>─┘FILEDATA Output Options provides information about
each option.
Table 31. FILEDATA Output Options
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Device
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Description
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PRINTER
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Causes output to be written to a line printer
file. The default form size, in terms of characters per line and lines
per page, is determined by the convention under which FILEDATA runs.
To determine your current convention and to view the convention definition,
enter GO CONVENTION in the Action field of the MARC home menu. For
further information about conventions, refer to the MultiLingual System
(MLS) Administration, Operations, and Programming Guide.
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SCREEN
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Causes output to be displayed on the
originating remote terminal or ODT, with a default screen size of
80 characters by 24 lines. You should use SCREEN for ODT devices that
have been configured with invisible end-of-text (ETX) characters.
Refer to the File Attributes Programming Reference
Manual for a description of the SCREEN file attribute.
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SPO
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Causes output to be displayed on the
originating ODT, on a default screen size of 80 characters by 24 lines.
You should use SPO for ODT devices that have been configured with
visible end-of-text (ETX) characters. Paging is controlled interactively
by you.
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TTY
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Causes output to be displayed on the
originating remote terminal, on a default form size of 80 characters
by 60 lines. There is no interactive paging control.
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FILENAME = <file title>
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Causes output to be
written to a disk file, by default a data file with a record size
of 80 characters. The title of the output file is the supplied file
title. Refer to the File Attributes Programming
Reference Manual for a description of the FILENAME file
attribute.
Notes:
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The FILENAME = <file title>
option is used to write output to a disk file that has a default record
size of 80 characters. However, some of the FILEDATA task requests
require a record size of 132 characters. If you use the FILENAME option
with one of these task requests, you must first use the DEFINEOUTPUT
request to specify a LINEWIDTH of 132 characters. Otherwise, an error
occurs and your job is terminated.
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Refer to the descriptions of the FILEDATA task requests
for information on output and all default values.
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